How to pronounce watchexec

watchexec is most commonly pronounced "wotch eg zek" (/ˈwɒtʃ.ɛɡˌzɛk/). This is the widely-used reading among engineers, though edge cases exist.

Cross-platform Rust file-watcher that runs a command on file changes (alternative to entr/nodemon). Name = "watch" + "exec" (execute). The "exec" suffix follows dev-tooling convention (cf. the exec syscall / shell builtin): "eg-ZEK", not "ex-eck". STRESS: WOTCH-eg-zek (primary on first syllable, secondary on -ZEK). No official creator pronunciation FAQ exists, but the compound is unambiguous.

Source: watchexec/watchexec — GitHub (official repo)

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